Foam drg <=16 sq in w/border at MEDICAL CITY FRISCO HOSPITAL

5500 Frisco Square Blvd, Frisco, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1699726406

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

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Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

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Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$11.84 with BCBS vs $78.19 with Humana — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $11.84
BCBS MyBlueHealth $11.84
Humana Tricare $13.42
BCBS BluePremier $13.42
BCBS MCRPPO $13.57
BCBS MGMCRHMO $13.57
WellMed MGMCR $13.77
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $13.84
Devoted Health PPO $13.84
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $13.84
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $13.84
Amerigroup DualEligible $13.84
Humana MGMCR $13.84
Devoted Health SNP $13.84
Devoted Health HMO $13.84
Devoted Health POS $13.84
Devoted Health MCR $13.84
Devoted Health MME $13.84
Triwest Veterans FED $13.84
United MGMCR $13.91
Aetna MCR $13.96
Care N Care MGMCR $13.98
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $14.12
WellCare MGMCR $14.26
Integranet MGMCR $14.26
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $14.53
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $14.53
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $14.53
ProCare Advantge MCR $14.53
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $14.53
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $14.53
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $14.53
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $14.53
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $14.67
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $14.67
Molina MMP $15.09
Molina MME $15.09
Molina MCR $15.09
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $15.22
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $15.23
BCBS BlueEssentials $15.23
BCBS EPOSOA $16.02
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $16.61
BCBS PPO $16.69
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $17.99
Bravo Health MCRPOS $20.76
Bravo Health MCRPPO $20.76
Bravo Health MCRHMO $20.76
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $20.76
Bravo Health MCRSNP $20.76
Superior ValueHMO $24.77
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $26.30
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $27.40
Superior EPO $31.00
Superior HMO $31.00
Molina Healthcare HIX $36.26
Humana COMM $78.19

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Foam drg <=16 sq in w/border at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Texas Health Hospital Frisco Frisco $112.25 not published
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $27.19 $12.97 – $12.97
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $8.40 $1.79 – $14.00
St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital College Station $8.40 $6.86 – $14.00
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Allen Allen $112.25 not published
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Flower Mound Flower Mound $112.25 not published
St. Joseph Health Grimes Hospital Navasota $8.40 $5.08 – $15.54
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Alliance Fort Worth $112.25 not published

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